Alexandria Alexis

Castro was born in Biran, near Mayari, Cuba. His given and family name was

Fidel Castro Ruz. His father was a Spanish immigrant who owned a small plantation.

Castro graduated from the University of Havana in 1950 with a law degree. Afterward,

Castro opened a law office in Havana. In 1952, he ran for election to the Cuban House

of Representatives, but troops led by Batista halted the election and ended democracy

in Cuba.

The domestic and foreign policy of Fidel was that he was a dictator and the

country of Cuba communist. By being a dictator, Fidel had complete control over

everything, and by being a communist country, it meant that the people had no say in

the government. For Fidel, being a Dictator in a communist country puts him in a very

powerful position. Fidel wasn’t the person that made the country communist though.

The dictator before him did. His name was Fulgencio Batista.

Castro was met by thousands upon thousands of Cubans fed up with the brutal

dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista and who believed in Castro's promise of democracy

and an end to repression. Castro held on to power for 47 years until an intestinal illness

that required several surgeries forced him to relinquish his duties temporarily to younger

brother Raul in July 2006. Castro resigned as president in February 2008, and Raul

took over permanently.

Cuba is a country divided, a country where you have 2 million people in exile, a

country that is economically wrecked, a country that is ecologically wrecked, a country

that is probably without a lot of civic values, and a country that is facing a very uncertain

future